DHEA supplements don't seem to help with female sexual dysfunction,

but what about other dietary supplements such as the three roots,

ginseng, maca, and ashwaganda.

Jinseng has been suggested, given its demonstrated efficacy for male erectile dysfunction,

and the fact that it causes a relaxation response in vitro to isolated strips of rabbit vaginal tissue.

But when put to the test in human studies, a meta-analysis found no statistically significant effect of ginseng on female sexual dysfunction.

Makkah root has been advertised as Peruvian Viagra.

It's an important dietary staple of the indigenous people of Peru, but appears to have

been overly hyped as a libido-enhancer

based largely on studies of male rodents.

Yes, Makkah seems to enhance the sexual function of male mice and rats, but of the

two trials on sexual desire in male humans, only one showed a significant benefit, but

it took eight weeks to show an effect, which may explain

the negative results of the second study, which only lasted two weeks.

A pilot study without a placebo control on the management of sexual dysfunction induced

by SSRIs due to drugs like Prozac or Zoloft, mostly women, suggested macca may be useful, but when properly put to

the test in a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial, it failed to have a significant

effect.

The necessity of placebos is illustrated by a maca trial for infertility.

Maka increased sperm concentration by 40 percent.

Yeah, but the placebo in the study improves sperm concentration by 76 percent,

so Maka didn't work after all.

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